The award was presented by the Charity Council to SAMH, in recognition of the Association’s exemplary transparency and disclosure practices, at the annual Charity Transparency and Governance Awards held on Thursday, 29 November 2018 at Gardens by the Bay.

Inaugurated in 2016 by the Charity Council, the Charity Transparency Awards (CTA) recognises charities’ continual efforts to achieve excellent disclosure practices and adopt the highest standards of transparency as recommended by the Charity Transparency Framework (CTF). The CTF is closely aligned to the Code of Governance for Charities and Institutions of a Public Character (IPCs).

Charities are rigorously assessed based on nine key areas for disclosure for the Charity Transparency Awards :

Board and executive management

Strategic direction and programme management

Human resource management

Management of conflict of interest

Financial management and internal controls

Conduct of fundraising activities

Auditor’s report

Timeliness of disclosure

Other commendable areas

Hugely inspired by its win of the Charity Transparency Award 2018, SAMH endeavours to continue its efforts to uphold good transparency and disclosure practices, seeing to it that information is communicated to all stakeholders in a transparent and timely manner.